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[quote=Anonymous]I take the long view. Favors and services among friends and relatives sometimes cannot be repaid immediately and certain relationships will always be uneven due to differences in age and financial situations.

For example, my much older cousin always bought me birthday gifts. I never bought him gifts. But then when he helped me organize my wedding I bought him a really nice Apple computer with all the accessories. I had kids first among my cousins. None of them really knew what to make of my pregnancy and kids. But now they're having kids and I'm the doting relatives who remembers their kids' birthdays and sends gifts, which they never did for mine. And all that is perfectly fine.

For friends, it's sort of the same difference: we all have personalities that make us pay attention to different things, but we all care for each other sincerely. I have done a lot for my friends, and they've done a lot for me. But not in the same ways, or at the same period of time. Which is also fine.[/quote]

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